Office: | Thai Ambassador to the United Kingdom |
Office1: | Thai Ambassador to Ireland |
Office2: | Thai Ambassador to the United States |
Term Start: | November 29, 2022 |
Termstart1: | November 29, 2022 |
Termstart2: | 2019 |
Termend2: | 2020 |
Succeeded2: | Manasvi Srisodapol |
Preceded2: | Virachai Plasai |
Primeminister: | Prayut Chan-o-cha Srettha Thavisin |
Primeminister1: | Prayut Chan-o-cha Srettha Thavisin |
Primeminister2: | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
Preceded: | Pisanu Suvanajata |
Preceded1: | Pisanu Suvanajata |
Native Name: | ธานี ทองภักดี |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Education: | Australian National University (BEc, BS) Georgetown University (MS) |
Monarch2: | Vajiralongkorn |
Monarch1: | Vajiralongkorn |
Thani Thongphakdi is a Thai diplomat and the Thai Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland since 2022.[1] [2] Thongphakdi previously served as the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 2020 to 2022, and as Thai Ambassador to the United States from 2019 to 2020.[3] [4]